scorcher
Plural: scorchers
Noun
- Something exceptionally hot, fast, or impressive.
- an extremely hot day
- a very hard hit ball
- One who, or that which, scorches.
- A very hot day.
- A very good goal, notably made with a very hard shot.
- A caustic rebuke or criticism.
- A bad person.
- One who rides a bicycle furiously on a public highway.
Examples
- That triple-word-score bingo was a SCORCHER, leaving his opponent in the dust.
- Tomorrow will be a scorcher, so carry water and use sunscreen if you're going out.
- What a scorcher! See the net reverberate!
Origin / Etymology
From scorch + -er (agent noun suffix) or -er (descriptive suffix).
Scrabble Score: 15
scorcher: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordscorcher: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scorcher: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
scorcher: valid Words With Friends Word